Day 3: Phi Phi Island Tour, Sunset at Ao Nang Beach and Indian Food @ Taj Palace for Dinner
Island hopping is a must in Krabi! I haven't been to beach for months. Seriously, I miss my vitamin SEA. Initially, we were contemplating which island tour to choose from. Phi Phi Islands? 4 Islands? Phi Phi Islands can be access via Phuket too. So should I keep it for next trip?? But Maya Bay is too attractive and hence we chose Phi Phi Islands tour in the end. I feel a little sorry for a friend as she has been to Phi Phi. But she said she don't mind going there again. That assures me that it would be a great island hopping experience!
I booked the tour at airport with THB1000 per person, which include hotel pick up and buffet lunch. I think it is worthy as the lunch is good and they brought us to 7 islands (though we are not allowed to go down for all islands).
Tuk Tuk picked us up at 8.30am. Favourite photo -- look! the sun shines on my face!
We are ready to get tanned and to enjoy the sea!
While waiting for the tour guide to brief us... Tourist photo first!
After 5 minutes briefing, we are good to go! Our tour consists of about 18 people, from different countries. The tour guide speaks good English (no problem in understanding). Was so excited to see these boats! We are really going to Phi Phi Islands! NOW!
Short walk to the boat (No.2!)
We need to take off our thongs prior getting on the boat. This is good! Make sure my thongs are safe throughout the trip. XD Spot my man-ish thongs!
We sat 2 by 2 opposite of each other so that we could chit chat in the boat. Smart, isn't it? =P
A little sharing on what I found about Phi Phi Islands. Phi Phi Islands are located between the large island of Phuket and the west Strait of Malacca coast of the mainland. The islands are administratively part of Krabi province. Technically, Phi Phi is 2 islands of Ko Phi Phi Don, where long beach is located, and Ko Phi Phi Leh, which is smaller and only accessible by tour or chartered fishing boat. To enter the national park, we are required to pay another THB400 per pax for entrance fee. Don't be too surprise with entrance fee as a lot of national park will require us to pay, for instance our Kota Kinabalu marine national park too!
The boat ride took about 45 minutes to reach the first stop. Bamboo Island.
The sand is soft! The water is so clear. O-M-G! I love bamboo island the most!
Look at the emerald green sea. So fascinating.
Sunbathing.
To be honest, the boat was really hot when I sat down and took this photo. Almost burn my butt! XD
Le beautiful Maya Bay. But it is so crowded! =(
I love this place!
Favourite photo taken at Phi Phi Don while we were done for lunch and waiting to board on the boat. Long tail boat is such a beauty.
Wander around Phi Phi Don after lunch.
Crystal clear water!!
The tour ended around 4.30pm and we were sent back to our hotels respectively. We were so tired and took turn to clean up. While waiting for my friends to bath, I went to the swimming pool to swim for a while with another friend. So relaxing! Ideal beach getaway lifestyle!
After cleaning up, we were all hungry. Took the Tuk Tuk Shuttle to Ao Nang Beach and we managed to catch sunset! Just on time! Good for us as we missed the sunset at Hilltop on Day 2.
We find a spot and sat down to watch the beautiful sunset.
Lovely sunset. I'll miss this moment dearly.
Till we meet again, sunset at Krabi. =D
Then, we searched for dinner place via TripAdvisor and decided to try out the highly recommended Indian Restaurant -- Taj Palace at Ao Nang.
They have Thai Menu and Indian Menu. Great.
The environment of this restaurant is very decent and comfortable too. Waiters are really nice in recommending food to aid us in ordering. So we followed what they recommended and turned out really good!
Seafood Pad Thai
The waiter keep recommend us to order Seafood Tawa to go with naan. So we trusted him and it turns out awesome!
Feasting!
Cheese Naan. Not too cheesy. Just nice to go with the seafood tawa.
Chicken Kebab
Morning Glory, again. This is actually kangkung. XD
Mushroom Chicken Briyani.
The restaurant.
Our total bill for dinner was THB1155. Quite happy with the price as we enjoyed and stuffed our tummy with a lot a lot of food.
After dinner, we walked along Ao Nang beach shop lots to get some souvenirs and to check out what shops they have. Then, we heard a Tuk Tuk announcing that there will be a Muay Thai arena and end up 2 of my friends hopped on the Tuk Tuk to go and watch Muay Thai. According to them, the ticket was THB1200-1500, depends on the seatings and the competition consists of different age groups. They were very excited after the competition. Whereas, another friend and I shopped at Ao Nang and then walked home to rest and pack.
We went Bangkok on Day 4 to meet up with a couple. Stay tuned for upcoming post! =D
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